Stephen Holmes, Author at DEVELOP3D

Urban revolutionary

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 17, 2012

An 'ultra lean' business model reliant on British design and manufacture is putting a smile on everyone's faces. Stephen Holmes visits Swifty Scooters, a product of Salford and Britain's reinvention

Urban homes for London’s wildlife: The winner!

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 17, 2012

51%’s flatpack beehives, bird boxes and planters, made from leftover insulation linings of cars, fridges and insulation Architectural practice 51% Studios’ ‘Habi Sabi’ concept to create urban wildlife habitats has…

Autodesk goes to war with African pirates over ‘pieces of eight

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 22, 2012

Autodesk’s battle against pirates will sadly not involve scenes like these In an exciting morning that had us sat reading the news out in the sunshine (it counts as work,…

Objet launches new top model in its desktop 3D printing line

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 22, 2012

The new Objet30 Pro – a seven material desktop 3D printer – looks likely to be the last piece of individual innovation from Objet before its merger with Stratasys. Including…

World’s first consumer 3D printing show hits London this October

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 23, 2012

With 3D printing technology becoming more readily available to creatives, makers, hackers and general swathes of humanity, it was only a matter of time till we could all converge at…

UK copyright law extended to ‘life of the creator plus 70 years’

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 23, 2012

Changes as part of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill, announced today by the Government, will in practice means that owners of any copyrights in classic designs will be able…

Leap Motion: $70 hand gesture controller 200x more precise than a Kinect

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 24, 2012

This little white box is the device you’ve been dreaming of since watching the swooshy-hand-gesturing of films like Minority Reports and Iron Man – a device that truly relays hand…

Prime Cuts: A legendary open top – the 1966 Shelby Cobra 427 Super Snake

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 24, 2012

As Britain experiences a minor heatwave this week, the country that buys more convertible cars per person than any other will be dreaming of taking to the open road with…

3D Systems expands its online print choices to include ZPrinter and ProJet materials

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 25, 2012

Clarks find the ZPrinter technology beneficial for prototyping 3D Systems has announced the immediate availability of ZPrinter and ProJet 3D printed parts to its online On Demand Parts services. Having…

Customisation key in 3D Systems’ latest acquisition

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 25, 2012

The arrival of summer has not seen 3D Systems let up in its spending spree – having announced its latest acquisition: Bespoke Innovations, a San Francisco start-up that 3D prints…